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California Congressional Races
2024 US Senate Race-CA
2024 US House of Representatives Race:
CA-District 10
- California's 10th Congressional District 2024 Election
Mark Desaulnier currently holds the office of Representative to the US Congress for District 10. He is up for re-election and has several challengers.
- Desaulnier Digest
Numerous issues are covered in various digests
- Challenger: Katherine Piccinini
Scroll down to read her stance on issues
Candidate Information-Local Races
Election Misinformation
More Voting Information
The CCC elections office along with the League of Women Voters (LWV) in partnership with city libraries have been recording zoom sessions about how to vote, election security in our county, and what propositions are on this year’s ballot.
They are hosted on the contra_costa_elections Instagram page.
And many are also available HERE:
vote411.org is another impartial resource. Candidates choose to share information on this site.
General Election Information
Guides to the 2024 Presidential General Election, November 2024
Walnut Creek City Council and Walnut Creek School Board Race
Walnut Creek City Council (vote for three)
Candidate statements are linked, as posted on the
City of Walnut Creek Website
Acalanes Union High School Board (vote for two)
- Wendy Reicher
- Andrew Fontan-perhaps suspended campaign
- Stacey Schweppe
- Peter Catalano
- Paul Chopra
- Sibyl Minighini
United States Political Parties and Democray
- The Republican Party
Official website of the Republican Party
Official Website of the Democratic Party
Fact Checking and Reliable Sources
State Propositions and Local Measures
Props at a Glance
Proposition 2: Borrow $10 billion to build schools. Legislative Democrats put on the ballot a bond issue to give $8.5 billion to K-12 schools and $1.5 billion to community colleges for construction and modernization.
Proposition 3: Reaffirm the right of same-sex couples to marry. This constitutional amendment from the Legislature would remove outdated language from Proposition 8, passed by voters in 2008, that characterizes marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Proposition 4: Borrow $10 billion for climate programs. Legislative Democrats also placed a bond issue on the ballot that includes $3.8 billion for drinking water and groundwater, $1.5 billion for wildfire and forest programs and $1.2 billion for sea level rise. In part, the money would offset some budget cuts.
Proposition 5: Lower voter approval requirements for local housing and infrastructure bonds. This constitutional amendment from the Legislature would make it easier for local governments to borrow money for affordable housing and other infrastructure. To avoid opposition from the influential real estate industry, supporters agreed to block bond money from being used to buy single-family homes.
Proposition 6: Limit forced labor in state prisons. Lawmakers added this one late — a constitutional amendment to end indentured servitude in state prisons, considered one of the last remnants of slavery. The California Black Legislative Caucus included the amendment in its reparations bill package.
Proposition 32: Raise the state minimum wage to $18 an hour. This initiative seemed a much bigger deal when it was first proposed in 2021. But under existing law, the overall minimum wage has risen to $16 an hour. And lower-paid workers in two huge industries are getting more: Fast food workers received a $20 an hour minimum on April 1 and health care workers will eventually get $25, though the start date has been pushed back to at least Oct. 15.
Proposition 33: Allow local governments to impose rent controls. This is the latest attempt to roll back a state law that generally prevents cities and counties from limiting rents in properties first occupied after Feb. 1, 1995.
Proposition 34: Require certain health providers to use nearly all revenue from a federal prescription drug program on patient care. Sponsored by the trade group for California’s landlords, this measure is squarely aimed at knee-capping the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has been active in funding ballot measures (see Prop. 33).
Proposition 35: Make permanent a tax on managed health care insurance plans. This initiative is sponsored by California’s health care industry to raise more money for Medi-Cal and block lawmakers from using the cash to avoid cuts to other programs. The measure would hold Newsom to a promise to permanently secure that tax money for health care for low-income patients.
Proposition 36: Increase penalties for theft and drug trafficking. This initiative may be the most contentious on the ballot. It would partly roll back Proposition 47, approved by voters in 2014.